Part 1 Architectural Assistant

David Chipperfield Architects
London

This one-year placement role is for architectural students (pre-Masters or equivalent) who are studying toward their UK Part 2 or equivalent and are required to complete one year in practice as part of their education. The placement will begin in September 2025 and run for one year on a full time, 5 day a week basis working in person from our central London studio.

Our ideal candidate is a Part 1 architecture student who demonstrates exceptional standards across all aspects of their work, possesses an innate drive for continuous improvement, and views each project as an opportunity to expand their capabilities and design thinking.

To support fair assessment, please remove your name and university from your CV and portfolio before uploading. This helps us implement a blind screening process that reduces unconscious bias and promotes diversity.

Responsibilities

As part of our team you will produce 2D and 3D drawings, illustration material for client presentations, work in our physical model shop, and play an active part in the design development on project teams taking on a variety of tasks and moving between projects as required. You will demonstrate the ability to convey your creative ideas effectively using a variety of design tools including hand drawing, Photoshop and InDesign diagrams, producing good digital images, CAD drawings with ArchiCAD and Rhino, and constructing physical architectural models.

Skills and experience

The ideal candidate will be proficient in InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, with some knowledge of a 3D modelling programme (preferably ArchiCAD or Rhino). We understand that architectural students come with varying levels of software proficiency, and we provide comprehensive training to develop your technical skills further. You will need to be ready and open to work across projects and learn different software. Physical model making and hand drawing skills are also a plus.

Personal qualities

We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, confident and a strong communicator. The successful candidate will be a collaborative team player with a positive attitude who is passionate about design and problem solving. You will gain a variety of experiences so need to be flexible, and willing to take on a variety of tasks.

What we offer 

We offer a variety of employee benefits including private health insurance, cycle to work scheme, a cash health plan, employer contribution pension, employee assistance plan, enhanced maternity and paternity leave and visa assistance for candidates who need to relocate to London.

We also encourage you to fill out the diversity monitoring form, which is completely anonymous but helps us to see the overall statistics for who is applying for our vacancies and helps us to learn how to improve the diversity of our candidate outreach.

Please apply for this role via this link

Posted 2025-05-30

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